University of Hawaii Law Professor Mari Matsuda remarked on twitter, “As a non-Christian I have always loved carols and the spirit of Christmas, of the posada, remembering a poor family turned away from shelter, the hope that we can become better...” Most Christian preachers see Christmas as the day that God became man, that Christ’s life (rejecting worldly power and celebrating the poor) is the life of God, and that God is in us all as well.
At least for Christians and, for some others, one would hope this, at least in part, would be a day of spiritual deliberation, reflection, introspection and insight. I regret that some Christians indiscriminately wish everyone a merry Christmas. Christian imperialism has no place in our society. Even to Christians, the wish of a merry Christmas can but need not have overtones of materialism. Wishing a blessed or holy Christmas rings of evangelicalism and sanctimony. With all that in mind, we should wish Christians more than a merry Christmas. We should be wishing them a serious Christmas, but we need not preach our hopes in our daily greetings.
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